Want to be a REBEL?

This is not meant to sound "preachy" just think about it.

(And if you happen to like this song, check out his others, and pass them on to kids! They LOVE Lecrae!!)

I was talking with Holly yesterday morning and somehow we got to talking about our life stories and rebelling. It reminded me of the song “Rebel Intro” by Lecrae. (The Lyrics are below) Lecrae is a pretty well known Christian rapper and amazing influence to young people today! You may not be a person who normally listens to rap, or even can’t stand it but, do me a favor. Listen. Take a step out of your comfort zone and turn your ear to this song and its lyrics.
This song talks about how much of a rebel Jesus was. That is why he was persecuted, mocked, but still continued on. This song explains it well. Being a rebel is being different than conforming to what everyone else is doing, going after Jesus and reading your bible that’s different. That’s being a rebel. Don’t take this the wrong way and get defensive if you have been apart of these things, so have I. Just open your eyes, ears, and heart to what it really is saying about who God truly is and if you REALLY want to be different, Follow JESUS.

Lyrics:
Yeh, just wanna die with a beat, Swim around in it, lets rebel.
I am a rebe-llion
Yeh, to all my Rebels out there.
I am a rebe-llion
Rebeling against the culture, being transformed.
I am a rebe-llion
Not conformed to the ways of this world, or this age.
I am a rebe-llion
Welcome to the Revolution.

Verse 1:

Jesus was a rebel(he was,) a renegade outlaw
Sanctified trouble maker, but he never sinned naw
And He lived His life by a different set of rules(that's right)
The culture ain't approve so you know they had to bruise Him(murder!)
That's the way they do, man they swear they so gangsta(So gangsta~)
Everyone the same, everybody do the same stuff
Tattoos, piercings, smokin' up and drinkin'
Money, sex, plus them extravagant weekends.
Man if that's the high life of puff puff pass that,
You live evaporated like missin' a gas cap (that's evaporated yah)
I guess I'm passed that, I'm a rebell-yon'( I'm a rebell-ion)
Rather have a dollar in my pocket than a milli-yon'(Jesus
Scared of a bunch of money(yeh,) I wants mo' of Elyon
I remain a rebel while the rest of 'em just carry on
This is(come on) what I live for(come on,) its the hill I'm burried on(Lets go!)
If Jesus is the Truth(lets go!), that means one of us is very wrong
Think about it!

I am a rebe-llion
I know in are day rebel means sinner.
I am a rebe-llion
But everyone is sinning, so it’s no longer rebellious to sin
I am a rebe-llion
Jesus was a rebel, who was counter cultural.
I am a rebe-llion

Verse 2

(Yeh!)No glory in me(uh-ah,) all glory's to the King of the throne (Jesus!)You either love Him or you leave Him alone
But you can't do both, yeah I know you heard that once in a song
I pray you hear it ten more 'fore your(ten more times) gone
Hey listen up homes, the stage is the corner the crowd is the streets
And I rap the bread of life 'cause they dyin' to eat(they hungry man!)
Yeah I'm a rebel, you know the kind that die in the street
'Cause you refuse to conform won't eat the king's meat
Yeah(yeah!), Christ rebelled by shunning the culture
He eatin' with the sinners, givin' Pharisees ulcers(uhnn!)
He never got married He was broke plus homeless
And yeah that's the God I roll with!
Your boy got a wife, and no I never cheated
I'm prayin' for humility whenever I get heated
Forget about the drugs, rebel against pornography
This ain't how is ought to be homie its how its GOTTA BE
A REBEL!

I am a rebe-llion
You’re just a conformist, if your drunk and naked and driving around on a loud motorcycle smoking cigarettes and breaking commandments and getting pregnant out of wed lock. Everyone has done that. That’s so tired. If you really want to be a rebel read your bible because no one is doing that.  That’s rebellion that’s the only rebellion left.